Subject: aircraft condensation trails which no longer only contain water
but cause persistent milky veils, possibly due to the presence of
barium, aluminium and iron

1) Is the Commission aware that, since 1999, members of the public in
Canada and the USA have been complaining about the growing presence in
the air of aircraft condensation trails of a new type, which sometimes
persist for hours and which spread far more widely than in the past,
creating milky veils which are dubbed 'aerial obscuration', and that the
new type has particularly come to people's attention because it is so
different from the short, pencil-thin white contrails which have been a
familiar sight ever since jet engines came into use and which remain
visible for 20 minutes at most and can only be produced if steam
condenses on dust particles due to low temperatures and high humidity?

2) Is the Commission aware that investigations by these complainants,
observations by pilots and statements by government bodies increasingly
suggest that what is happening is that aircraft are emitting into dry
air small particles consisting of barium, aluminium and iron, a
phenomenon which in public debate in America has come to be known as
chemtrails?

3) Unlike contrails, chemtrails are not an inevitable by-product of
modern aviation. Does the Commission know, therefore, what is the
purpose of artificially emitting these Earth-derived substances into the
Earth's atmosphere? Does it help to cause rain, benefit
telecommunications or combat climate change?

4) To what extent are aerial obscuration and chemtrails now also being
employed in the air over Europe, bearing in mind that many people here
too are now convinced that the phenomenon is becoming increasingly
common and are becoming concerned about the fact that little is so far
known about it and there is no public information on the subject? Who
initiates this spraying and how is it funded?

5) Apart from the intended benefits of emitting substances into the air,
is the Commission aware of any possible disadvantages it may have for
the environment, public health, aviation and TV reception?

6) What is being done to prevent individual European states or
businesses from taking measures unilaterally whose crossborder impact
other States or citizens' organisations may regard as undesirable? Is
coordination already taking place with regard to this? Is the EU playing
a part in it, or does the Commission anticipate a future role, and what
are the Commission's objectives in this connection?". (Avionews)
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